Day-to-Day Injury Playing Time

Zooerp · 04-04-2026, 02:23 PM

How do you handle DTD injuries on your teams? Does having a player play through it increase their chance of further injury, or is it just skills degraded? I've been airing on the side of caution and placing anything Moderate on the IL.

I'm loving the increased modern day realistic injury level, building the required depth to sustain injuries is fun.

tonnage · 04-04-2026, 02:52 PM

Not sure where I read this but I believe there's a thread somewhere in the OOTP Universe about playing injured players, that it DOES increase their chances of further injury. Not sure if this is true or not but I always err on the side of caution and sit any players, especially better players, that have an injury.

Pelican · 04-04-2026, 02:58 PM

I sit the DTD injured players out of caution. If the guy is still DTD after a few days of rest, I put him on the ten-day IL I have. I recall the thread and gotta believe the increased risk of prolonged injury is real.

Slightly different approach for SP. For them, "day-to-day" could mean they're fine by their next start. So I wait out the four or five games until they are up in the rotation, making sure I have an alternate in case they are still listed as DTD. I would never pitch a guy who is listed DTD. If still listed as DTD after several games off, I put the SP on the fifteen-day IL.

Reed · 04-04-2026, 03:14 PM

The old online manual stated it increase chance of injury and the play at 80% with the injury.

BaseballATeam · 04-04-2026, 04:32 PM

I make a judgment call. If it's the postseason and the guy is an impending free agent, he's going out there. Generally, anything "moderate" or higher, I consider a full injury and either bench or IL the player. If it's like a Nick Gordon type who I'm already using to patch a roster hole, I don't mind risking a greater injury. If Konnor Griffin shows up with a hangnail, I bench him via game strategy so the cpu won't consider him in any scenario. If Marcell Ozuna hurts his elbow with moderate effect to throwing, I don't care. He's a DH.

tldr: The importance of the player matters. The type of injury matters. The circumstances matter.

Miamikb2001 · 04-04-2026, 06:05 PM

In my experince

increased chance of further injury,but depending on what the injury effects sometimes you can get away with it.

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04-04-2026, 02:23 PM	#1
Zooerp Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Dec 2019 Posts: 39	Day-to-Day Injury Playing Time How do you handle DTD injuries on your teams? Does having a player play through it increase their chance of further injury, or is it just skills degraded? I've been airing on the side of caution and placing anything Moderate on the IL. I'm loving the increased modern day realistic injury level, building the required depth to sustain injuries is fun.

04-04-2026, 02:58 PM	#3
Pelican Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2021 Location: Wilmington, Delaware Posts: 3,175	I sit the DTD injured players out of caution. If the guy is still DTD after a few days of rest, I put him on the ten-day IL I have. I recall the thread and gotta believe the increased risk of prolonged injury is real. Slightly different approach for SP. For them, "day-to-day" could mean they're fine by their next start. So I wait out the four or five games until they are up in the rotation, making sure I have an alternate in case they are still listed as DTD. I would never pitch a guy who is listed DTD. If still listed as DTD after several games off, I put the SP on the fifteen-day IL. __________________ Pelican OOTP 2020-? ”Hard to believe, Harry.”

04-04-2026, 03:14 PM	#4
Reed Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 2,660	The old online manual stated it increase chance of injury and the play at 80% with the injury. __________________ I am not responsible for anything I post!!! Use at your own risk!

04-04-2026, 02:52 PM	#2
tonnage All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2020 Location: Stony Plain, Alberta Posts: 534	Not sure where I read this but I believe there's a thread somewhere in the OOTP Universe about playing injured players, that it DOES increase their chances of further injury. Not sure if this is true or not but I always err on the side of caution and sit any players, especially better players, that have an injury.

04-04-2026, 04:32 PM	#5
BaseballATeam Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2020 Posts: 131	I make a judgment call. If it's the postseason and the guy is an impending free agent, he's going out there. Generally, anything "moderate" or higher, I consider a full injury and either bench or IL the player. If it's like a Nick Gordon type who I'm already using to patch a roster hole, I don't mind risking a greater injury. If Konnor Griffin shows up with a hangnail, I bench him via game strategy so the cpu won't consider him in any scenario. If Marcell Ozuna hurts his elbow with moderate effect to throwing, I don't care. He's a DH. tldr: The importance of the player matters. The type of injury matters. The circumstances matter.

04-04-2026, 06:05 PM	#6
Miamikb2001 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Mar 2020 Location: Redwood City Ca Posts: 66	In my experince increased chance of further injury,but depending on what the injury effects sometimes you can get away with it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk